A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings: A Year of Keeping Bees

The author Helen Jukes's story begins when she is given a colony of honeybees - a gift that, according to folklore, brings good luck when given freely. With that gift, Jukes embarks on the rewarding and perilous journey of becoming a beekeeper. She writes on what it means to watch over these wild creatures and live alongside them and their world which differs so much from our own, delving into both the history of beekeeping as well as the relationship between keeper and bee. A book that is equal parts observation, history, and memoir, Jukes's story is one that hinges on both uncertainty and hope and how we might better learn about ourselves as human and animal.

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